Stem Circumference Changes in Eucalypt, Pine, and Cypress Trees During 2024-2025 Drought

High school students monitored stem circumference changes of mature trees around four schoolyards during the extreme drought year of 2024-2025. The dataset includes eucalypt, pine, and cypress trees and is complemented by long-term monitoring from two additional forest sites. It was authored by Tamir Klein and published on figshare in 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze tree growth responses to drought stress based on stem circumference measurements.
• Compare growth patterns between different tree species (eucalypt, pine, cypress) based on the described monitoring.
• Study the feasibility and outcomes of citizen science projects in ecological data collection based on the high school collaboration.
• Investigate seasonal or long-term stem growth dynamics based on the time-series nature of the dendrometer data.

Strengths

• Data covers an extreme drought year (2024-2025), providing a specific environmental context.
• Includes monitoring from multiple sites (four schoolyards and two forest sites).
• Dataset is openly available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small (34.0 KB), indicating limited scope and sample size.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by tamir klein.

Collection Method

High school students installed band dendrometers on mature trees under teacher guidance.

Time Range

Primary monitoring during the 2024-2025 drought year, with complementary long-term data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 08:23:50; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Trees monitored around four school yards and two additional forest sites; specific locations are not detailed.